Front End Lead Developer

The Job

We are currently building the next generation of our HTML5 based financial trading applications and are looking for lead front end developer that can help us providing technical leadership and consistent technical direction that will allow us to fulfill the aim of delivering an unparalleled user experience in our business domain.

With a specific focus on low latency, reliability (100% uptime, 24hr/5.5days), and scalability and the potential for an order of magnitude growth in load and volume, our platforms currently support:

10s of thousands concurrent clients globally

100s of thousands of price updates per second

Thousands of trades and orders per second

Trading applications for multiple platforms and form factors.

So, have you built a JavaScript framework or heavy performance critical JavaScript applications before? Did you stop using JavaScript libraries and frameworks because you started building your own? Are you an expert in browser technologies? Are you interested in working in an international team with a passion for compelling, functional and easy to use interfaces? – then you may be the right candidate for us.

The role

Be a key contributor in defining application architecture and development flows

Design, prototype and implement an application framework using the latest JavaScript and HTML5 technologies

Develop with the latest HTML5 web technologies such as CSS3, JavaScript, SVG and Canvas

Work with product managers, UX designers, and Front End developers to design and deliver user experiences that work flawlessly across all major desktop and mobile browsers

Ensure reliability, scalability and efficiency

Work in a dynamic team oriented environment using agile methodologies. Our objective is to deploy every day and learn on the way

Assist and mentor less experienced front-end engineers, leading them to excellence

Conduct design and code reviews

Provide estimates for development activities based on working knowledge and real world experience.

Saxo Bank Group (Saxo) is a leading Danish multi-asset trading and investment specialist, offering a complete set of trading and investment technologies, tools and strategies. For almost 25 years, Saxo’s mission has been to enable individuals and institutions by facilitating their access to professional trading and investing through technology and expertise.
As a fully licensed and regulated bank, Saxo enables its private clients to trade multiple asset classes across global financial markets from one single margin account and across multiple devices. Additionally, Saxo provides institutional clients such as banks and brokers with multi-asset execution, prime brokerage services and trading technology.
Saxo’s award winning trading platforms are available in more than 20 languages and form the technology backbone of more than 100 financial institutions worldwide.
Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Saxo employs more than 1500 people in financial centres around the world including London, Singapore, Paris, Zurich, Dubai and Tokyo.
As a bank offering fully digitalised solutions for self-trading, advisory and discretionary services, Saxo is continuously at the forefront of innovation, meaning that clients benefit from proven technology. 600 IT developers and 150 back-office resources develop and deliver Saxo’s solution for the benefit of clients. Outsourcing solutions support the full-service value chain.